Battle of Pelusium
The Battle of Pelusium was the first major battle between the Achaemenid Empire and Egypt. This decisive battle transferred the throne of the Pharaohs to Cambyses II of Persia, marking the beginning of the Achaemenid Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt. It was fought in 525 BC near Pelusium, an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the south-east of the modern Port Said. The battle was preceded and followed by sieges at Gaza and Memphis.
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Henry Charles Seppings-Wrightː The Sea Fight at Pelusium (Hutchinson's History of the Nations, 1922) | |||||||||
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| Psamtik III (POW) | Cambyses II | ||||||||
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| 50,000 (Ctesias) | 7,000 (Ctesias) | ||||||||
Pelusium Location of the Battle of Pelusium. | |||||||||
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